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Gwen Tilton
Chair
Who We Are
Meet the Board
John V. Hayes
Vice Chair
Earl F. Jones
Secretary
Faith Crump
Treasurer
Jerry Brown
Interim President and CEO
Additional Members
Catrina Ankenbrand
Summer Auerbach
Jerry Brown
Cindy Carcione
Andrea Cook
Wende Cosby
Aretha Fuqua
Michael Gross
Caroline Heine
Tom Jessee
Holli Highfield Lewis
Andrew Mays
Conor O’Driscoll
Scott Osborne
Michael Pitt
Anuj Rastogi
Oliver Roe
Jon Salomon
Diane Scardino
Charles W. Schnatter
Honorary Members
LouAnn Atlas
G. Garvin Brown IV
Allen Bush
William E. Juckett
Charles (Mac) McClure III
Creighton E. Mershon, Sr.
Norman V. Noltemeyer
Edwin H. Perry
Bill Samuels, Jr.
Kennedy Simpson
In Memoriam
Douglas D. Stegner
Meet the Staff
Danielle Archer
Senior Director of Development and Marketing
Marshall Berry
Natural Areas Technician
Mary Jo Davis
Director of Finance and Human Resources
Kathy Ezzell
Donor Relations Manager
Mary Anne Fox
Horticulture Specialist
Jerry Brown
Interim President and CEO
Lauren Hendrickson
Natural Areas Specialist
Jesse Hendrix-Inman
Director of Communications
Jason Hindenach
Project Director
Matthew London
Landscape Specialist
Matt Spalding
Director of Stewardship
Major Waltman
Special Projects
Janelle Wilhelm
Membership Coordinator
Liz Winlock
Director of Natural Areas
Sarah Wolff
Director of Advocacy and Programs
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